County Is Up To 603 Covid Cases

WATER VALLEY – The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the county continues to grow with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reporting 26 new cases during the first nine days of November. The latest tally pushes the total number of cases to 603 since the state agency reported the first case in the county back in March.
MSDH also reported five new Covid-related deaths in November, bringing the county’s tally to 23. Nine of the deaths have been recorded since October 26. A breakdown of the Covid-related deaths in Yalobusha County shows 15 of the Covid-related deaths were residents in a long-term care facility while eight deaths came from the general population in the county.
The Yalobusha Nursing Home is reporting an outbreak, with 29 employees and 43 residents who have tested positive for the virus. The outbreak marks the second at the facility since the global pandemic started.
The county’s positivity rate, the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, also spiked to over 10 percent for the final two weeks of October.
A monthly breakdown of Covid cases in the county shows there were six cases recorded in the county in March, 14 new cases in April, 74 in May, 67 in June, 151 in July, 62 in August, 75 in September and 129 cases in October.